Man Attacked And Robbed

[kurgen]

Police Major Wittaya from Pattaya Police Station was called to Banglamung Hospital in the early hours of Friday Morning to speak with the victim of an assault outside a 24 hour Convenience Store in Soi Chayapreuk in Jomtien.

Khun Chitchai aged 26, who works as a Security Guard at a hotel here in Pattaya, sustained head injuries but was able to explain to Police that he had gone to the shop to purchase a top-up card for his mobile phone.

Following the purchase, he went back to his bike and proceeded to add the funds to his mobile phone account.

Two men, who claimed they were Pattaya Police Volunteers, pulled up and demanded Khun Chitchai hand over his bag for a search.

He challenged the two men to produce ID cards, which they were not able to do. One of the two so-called Volunteers attempted to grab the bag and a struggle ensued which soon became an assault when the men produced Batons and repeatedly struck the victim over the head.

The two attackers then fled with Khun Chitchai’s bag which contained 8,000 Baht in cash, a mobile phone and other personal items.

Police investigators tell us they suspect the two men were involved in a similar incident at a Petrol Station in Jomtien moment before their attack on Khun Chitchai.

Pattaya One News

Police are now searching for the two men as a matter of urgency before they commit further thefts and assaults.

Edited September 21, 2008 by kurgen